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Hello everyone,   I have Hashimoto’s disease.  This is an auto-immune disease where the body attacks its own thyroid.  I therefore have too many thyroid antibodies (I’m down to 243 from 465, but they should be less than 35).  It is possible that the thyroid gland can swell and get bigger with Hashimoto’s, but I […]

 “This group is first about people, and we use music as a vehicle,” said Zahn. “We go out and help people.”   “Not to say that we don’t want to put on the best performances possible, but this is about raising funds to help others, and we happen to have fun doing it.”   The […]

Two weeks after a judge said the city’s Department of Education could not close 19 schools as planned, one of the schools is back on the city’s agenda to be shuttered.   The new plan to close the school — which is actually not a school per se, but the high school grades of the Choir Academy of Harlem — is […]

 I want to do this piece (on Pentecost, obviously),  originally available with electronic tape.  My supplier informed me that it was now a CD.  But when the music arrived without the CD I was told that the CD was no longer available.  Before i send the music back,  since it is worthless without the electronic […]

Does anyone know the percentage of people who sing in choirs in any of the following countries?  I’ve seen the figures, but cannot remember where.   Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia.

I am a professional musician who has been asked by a friend to help out singing for a choral recording project for a program he produces on a classical station.  The CD will be sold.  He is having a series of 2-hour rehearsals, using as a core some singers from an unpaid volunteer choir he directs, augmented […]

A few thoughts: 1.  Does a choir need a (more) varied repertoire to keep participants occupied /  interested / challenged?  2. The Ave Maria is probably the one text that has been used most often by composers through history and “comes in all shapes and colors”. There’s  variety and challenge for you.    Check out my website: www.avemariasongs.org  There are currently […]

I have a student who has recently switched to home bound school but has not been in my class the entire second semester (and the admin. won’t take her out of choir).  I have been told that I have to find another way to give her a grade.  I’m thinking that I will assign her […]

Hi A friend  of mine who is a vocalist has an extreme breath on her voice. I’m trying to help her but first I need to find out what could be causing the breath on one’s voice and the I welcome any suggestions on what could be done to ease/improve my friends case? A big […]

Hi I’m trying to find out if food and things that we drink affect the clarity of the voice. I would also like to know which foods and drink is the most “harmful”? I’ll accept any help I can get. Thank you